Honors Service

Honors Program

The Capstone Project

Capstone Project is a report, thesis, or case study of your chosen branch of the topic
provided by the Program during the start of the academic school year. Honors Members
will be asked to uphold the academic honesty policy as defined by Foothill De Anza
School District and submit original work with the sources cited correctly.

Honors Members working on the Capstone Project are required to follow APA style guidelines.
It will be used to provide consistency and will provide guidance on formatting and
citing sources. All ideas/sources that are not your Intellectual property must be cited.

The Project must be typed, Times New Roman font, 12 point typeface, black. Bold, Italics,
underline or caps can be used if consistent with the style guide used. We are looking
for at least 10 pages of writing.The members are required to have an advisor who will guide them through the research
or the case study. When expressing interest in doing the case study, members are required
to provide the form signed by the Advisor showing evidence of approval of the project. The advisor can
be any faculty member with deep rooted interest and/or experience in the chosen topic.
He/she must be familiar with the research process and be able to give students advice
on the project.

Timeline:

Fall quarter (by the end of week 11): Pick a faculty advisor and topic and your sources

Winter quarter (by the end of week 4): Submit your progress to the Honors program
office. Your progress report should include: Title and one line description of your
project, abstract, methodology, and references. You can email dahonors@fhda.edu with
a pdf of your proposal.

Spring quarter (by the end of week 8): Submit the original copy of your project with
cover sheet and original signature page. Your submissions should be dropped off by
the office before end of the day and emailed to dahonors@fhda.edu

This year’s theme: Choices and Happiness

In life, it is accepted that having more options is a good thing. But are we happier
when we have more choices or when we have less?